Bottle carrier



J. C. KUCHEL BOTTLE CARRIER Oct. 28, 1952 2 Sl-IEETS-Sl-IEET l FiledJuly 25, 1950 I N VEN TOR.

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ATTCI RN EYS J. C. KUCHEL BOTTLE CARRIER Oct. 28, 1952 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2Filed July 25, 195o ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 28, `i952 This inventionrelates to 'bo cases, 'and iinfparticularthis `invention 'relates toV acarrier having a handle formed -in a centrail-y disposed -panel withbottle carrying` cells on thesdes of the paneland in which bottles arefretained` in the cells 'by a friction element that "permits thecarrer'tobe placed over `loottlesin a case so that the bottles may bepicked up thereby and also that permits the bottles to bedropped't-hr'ough the carrier by pressing downwardly uponthe upper endsof the'bottles with theearrierin an elevatedposition. 'i Ihepurpose ofthis' invention is to provide' a bottle 4'carrier in which bottles maybe inserted in cells therein by forcing the ycarrier downwardly over thevbottles therebyel'rninatng ythe neces-` sity of Adropping each bottleina cell or pocket ofthe carrien i In the conventional'typeofbottlecarrier where tle carriers' ofthe typeresernbling fillers for beer andsoft drinkv bottles areplaced in cells havingl closed lower ends it isnecessaryto place the bottles in the cell s" j'ind ividually and Aalsoremove eachbottle from' its lcell by fwithdrawingthe' bottle frorn theupper end of. the cell. Thisrequires considerable time and thepercentage of breakage cf bottles resulting thought inmind carrier 'thatis placed overfa 'group of bottles and with`the'-bottles vin registeringrelation with cells "therein the carrier is pressed downwardly oventhebottles wher by'friction grippingelement'siin the cells retainthebottles in positionv and ,when 'it is desired to` discharge thebottles fro'rn the cells the carrier withthe bottlesthere-Iispositionedover a point where it is desired todepfo's'it thebottlesrandmbv pressing down'- wardlyv uponv the' upper ends of the bottlesuntil the necks of the bottles are positioned between the Ifriction'gripping elements the bottles' are dropped freely from the carrier; y

The lobject-foi this invention is, therefore, to provide a bottlecarrier in which the bottle carrying cells are 'so formedl that bottlesmay be picked up and dropped through .the lower end of the carrier. t'

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier in which bottlesare frictionally held that is adapted to receive conventional bottlesso; that yit is not necessary to change the design orshape'of thebottles.

therefrorn is large. With this 'this'finvention' contemplates a t STATES'BOTTLE criatura .i A v I I 'n 'A Joseph C.Kue1ie1, Aririgmmvaf-- fApp1icativon`Jui-y25,195o, seralNo. 175,820

' claims. (01. 294-87) having a longitudinally disposed centrallypositioned panel with a hand opening in the Iupper part thereof" andwithsections on the ends extended to form bottley receiving cells andwith intermediate strips of material Aformed-.Lto provide intermediatecells,v andwith resilient. grip# ping'elernents mounted'on pins' in thecorners of the lower'ends of the cells. ,Y r i 'Other features andadvantages of the inven. tion will` appear'v fromthev followingdescription taken in connection? with the drawings f'wherjein':` 'Figure1f is a view illustrating fa plurality of ythev improved bottle carriersina case-with part of the case broken aw'ayand shown in section and withoheof the carriers positioned ahov'iagroup ofpomesr.

f 'Figure 2 is a 'plan' view'o'ffthe case shown in 'Figure easeillustrated in Figure-1'5" i Ffigure' 4 `is a plan view of/one 'of thebottle' carriers. fingere 5 i carrier takenl on line 5--54 of Figure 4.

` `Figure' is acro'ss section'take'n of Figure 4, the said section beingtakenthrough the corners yof the cells and showingfriction grippingelements vin fopposite corners in theV .f 112 ',positiqned Afurtherobject ci the invention is `to provide a bottle `carrier in whichbottles are frictionally held in cells which is of a simple andeconomical construction.

y,With these and otherobjects and advantages in'vlewthe inventionembodies a bottle carrier Referring,

dotted lines. Figure '7 isf ofone of thepell's showing airesilientfel'e'inent mountedon apinthereini the posi-4 tion and mountingof theresilientfv'elernents therein. f' M aill illustrating 'the:constri-icl anel with the cellsf formed' 'Figure vlisa detaffillustrating the method ofy forming .the intermediate and end jcellswhich are diagonally positioned on oppositefsides of thecent'erpanel;

now to the drawings? wher n like reference characters @denotecorresponding parts the' improved betuetarrier ofthis'iinventiori 'inlcludes a center panel l0 having end cellsf l and vIon opposite sides ofthe yendstinneo f intermediate censita". and '1.4, land zopposteiypositioned cells |5 ...and 16, and each ofthev cells is vprovided ,withfour :balls of rubber `v orother resilient mat l *A I1,`the balls beingmounted on pinsv lgas illustrated in Figures 7 and 8.

In `the design shown the. centerpanelfl is formed of a lengthsufcient toprovide cellsy for threebottlesof conventional so ftdr ink r fsf-isafibngitudmai section thirugnthel f s a 'longitudinal section through`the on line sectional plan through af"corrie-1` "Figurevisadetail"showing a yver-tical section l through one of the cellsillustrating" erialy as indicated byf thelnunieral beer bottle type andthe cell II at one end is formed with a transversely disposed panel I9extended from the end of the panel I Il, a longitudinally disposed panelextended from the end of the panel I9 and a transversely disposed panel2I extended from the edge of the panel 20 and parallel to the panel I9.The panels I9, 20 and 2I extend from the lower end of the panel I0 to apoint 22 which is spaced from the upper end of the panel III.

The cell I2 is formed with a transverse panel 23 extended from theopposite end of the panel III, a. longitudinally disposed panel 24extended from the outer edge thereof and with a transversely disposedpanel 25 extended from the edge of the panel 24.

The panel I0 is also provided with a hand opening 26 and spacedvertically disposed slots 21 and 2B extend upwardly therein from thelower edge.

The cells I4 and I5'are formed as illustrated in Figure l0 with alongitudinally disposed panel 29 positioned to be placed against theopposite face of the panel I0, a transversely disposed panel 30 extendedfrom the edge of the'panel 29, a panel 3| extended from the edge ofthepanel 30 and parallel to the panel 29, a panel 32 extended from theedge of the panel 3I, across the end of the panel 29 and extended on theopposite side thereof to the edge of a panel 33 which with' the partsassembled is in the same plane as that of panel 24. From the edge of thepanel 33 the panel 34 extends to the surface of the center panel IIIwith the edge 35 of the panel 34 positioned against the surface of thepanel I0.v The panel 32 is provided with a vertically positioned slot 36and with the lower partof the panel 32l extended through the slot 29 theslot 26 receives the upper part of the panel I Il. This section formsthe cells I5 and I4 and a similar section with the lower section of thetransversely ldisposed panel corresponding with the panel 32 ispositioned in the slot 21 thereby forming the cells I3 and I6.

With the cells positioned in this manner the abutting panels are securedtogether by rivets-31 and each cell is provided with four of theresilient elements I1 which are mounted on the pins I8, the ends ofwhich are bent or crimped on the outer surfaces of the panels as shownin Figure 7.

By this means a carrier-as generally referred to by the numeral 38 inFigure 1 may beplaced over a'group of bottles with the caps and necks ofthe bottles guiding the bottles upwardly through the cellsas the carrieris pressed .downwardly over the bottles. With the lowerfend of thecarrier in engagement with the flat surface upon which the bottles arepositioned as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 the bottles are resilientlyheld in the carrier by the friction lballs or elements I1. The bottlesmay be carried by the carrier from one position to another and when itisdesired to deposit the bottles in a case 39 orthe .like it .is onlynecessary to suspend thecarrier .over the positiondesired and bypressing downwardly on the upper ends of the bottles', the bottles'willdrop through the carrier into the case, or into a cabinet or the like. YI

It will be understood that other modifications may be made in the designand arrangement of theparts without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of vertically disposed bottlecarrying cells the upper and lower ends of which are open, a centerpanel having an upwardly extended end with a hand receiving openingtherein positioned between the cells and rubber ball like frictionelements positioned inthe cells and spaced from the lower ends thereoffor frictionally retaining bottles in the cells.

2. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of vertically disposed bottlereceiving cells the upper and lower ends of which are open, a centerpanel having an upwardly extended end with a hand receiving opening inthe said upwardly extended end, said panel positioned between rows ofcells. andl rubber ball like friction elements journaled in the cellsand spaced from the lower ends thereof for frictionally retainingbottles in the cells.

3. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of vertically disposed bottlereceiving cells the upper and lower ends of which are open, a centerpanel having an upwardly extended end with a hand receiving opening inthe said upwardly extended end, said panel positioned between rows ofcells, and friction elements journaled in the cells and spaced from thelower ends thereof for frictionally retaining bottles in the cells, saidfriction elements positioned whereby upon the application of pressure tobottles in the cells the bottles pass through the cells. a

4. In a bottle carrier, the combination which comprises a verticallydisposed center panel having an upwardly extended end and having a handreceiving opening in the said upwardly extended end, rows of squarecells having side and end walls positioned on the-sides of and carriedby the center panel, and rubber ball like friction elements in thecorners of the cells and spaced from the lower ends thereof forfrictlonally retaining bottles in the cells.

5. In a bottle carrier, the combination which comprises a verticallydisposedcenter panel having an upwardly extended end and having a handreceiving opening in the said upwardly extended end, cell forming endsections the upper edges of which are spacedfrom the upper end of thecenter panel extended in opposite directions from the ends of the centerpanel with end walls thereof perpendicular to the center panel, withside wal-ls parallel to the center panel and with inner walls alsoperpendicular to the center panel, thereby forming vertically disposedbottle receiving cells on the opposite sides of and at the ends of thesaid center panel, corner and intermediate cell forming sections eachhaving end walls perpendicular to the center panel and side wallsparallel to the center panel and with .connecting walls between thecells provided with vertically disposed slots for receiving the centerpanel, and frictionvelements in the corners of the cells and spaced fromthe lower endsvthereof for frictionally retaining bottles in the cells.

JOSEPH C.l KUCHEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

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